verbally

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Recent Examples of verbally In a now-viral video, a woman identified as Leanna Perry, 32, could be seen grabbing another passenger’s hair on a Southwest Airlines flight while verbally berating her. Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 20 June 2025 Researchers found that the more the target partner expressed themselves, whether verbally or nonverbally, the more accurately their partner was able to understand and empathize with them. Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025 The friend, celebrity stylist Deonte Nash, testified to seeing Ventura physically and verbally abused by Combs. Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 28 May 2025 The 6-foot-2, 180-pound Arrington verbally committed to Texas A&M this week, choosing the Aggies over offers from Penn State, Washington and Oregon, among others. John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for verbally
Recent Examples of Synonyms for verbally
aloud
Adverb
  • The One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed its first Senate hurdle on Saturday, clearing the way for hours of floor debate and — in a last-ditch effort to slow the bill — a Democratic demand that its hundreds of pages be read aloud.
    David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 29 June 2025
  • Meanwhile, Senate Democrats are currently dragging out the process by reading aloud the 940-page bill.
    Olivia-Anne Cleary, Time, 29 June 2025

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